Ormskirk beer food and wine festival plans underway

Hundreds of people enjoyed the first ever Ormskirk Beer, Food and Wine Festival. Photo by Graham Moreton of Tarleton Photography

Plans for the next Ormskirk beer, food and wine festival are well underway, with organisers keen to get even more local businesses involved in 2016.

The first festival last year was a great success and there are now hopes to make this year even better and bigger than ever.

Taking place at Ormskirk Cricket Club on September 23-25 the food festival hopes to showcase the great fare on offer across West Lancashire.

Organised jointly by The Cricketers pub and Ormskirk Cricket Club last year the ticketed event drew in large crowds, something the teams hope to see again.

Hundreds of people enjoyed the first ever Ormskirk Beer, Food and Wine Festival. Photo by Graham Moreton of Tarleton Photography

Bar manager Conor said: “We’re just starting to plan the event now and we want to make it much bigger than last year, with loads more businesses involved.

“Last year we had the likes of Salt and Liquor and the Blue Mallard from Burscough hosting food stalls and we’d love to get them back on board with many other restaurants and pubs from across the area.

“We have some great food and drink on offer across the borough and we want to use the food festival to showcase this.

“We really want to build the festival up and make it an established event on the Ormskirk calendar.”

Organisers are aiming to have over 20 food stalls at the event, almost double that of last year.

Plans for between 60-80 real ales on tap are being put forward and there are hopes for a wider selection of wines from across the world.

New for this year is a gin and spirits bar, to capture the recent resurgence in popularity of drinks such as gin and rum among the public.

Hundreds of people enjoyed the first ever Ormskirk Beer, Food and Wine Festival. Photo by Graham Moreton of Tarleton Photography

Live music from local bands is also something the team want to put on and they are encouraging anyone who can help in this area to get in touch.

The event will be ticketed with people getting to keep a festival glass.

Conor said: “Everything is still being planned, we’ve got some good ideas already, but we’re always keen to hear more from people about how we can make the event even better.

“We want to colloborate with as many people as possible on this.

“One thing this year we’re really keen to do as well is to put on more things for the children.

“Last year lots of people brought along their children on the Sunday afternoon, so we’re hoping to cater more for them in terms of activities.”

For more information or to get involved contact The Cricketers on: 01695 571123.